Palming The Ball Quotes & Sayings

I have a yearning for my beautiful country, and I love its people because of their misery. But if my people rose, simulated by plunder and motivated by what they call "patriotic spirit" to murder, and invaded my neighbour's country, then upon the committing of any human atrocity I would hate my people and my country. — Kahlil Gibran

Kindness is a tenant is in the house of love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Some people, both scientists and religious people, deal with uncertainty by being certain. That is dangerous in the fundamentalists and it is dangerous in the fundamentalist scientists. — Robert Winston

Very few great goals actually go in. — Graham Taylor

The world is made up of words. — Lailah Gifty Akita

But the Australians, what do the Australians do? How do they structure their landscape? For a start they postulate a primal builder, whose work they presume only to interpret: the mythical animal who was active in the "dreamtime," that is, a primal era, beyond verification, as the name indicates. A time of sleep. The visible landscape is an effect of causes that are to be found in the dreamtime. For example, the snake that dragged itself over this plain creating these undulations, etc., etc. These.. curious Aborigines make sure their eyes are closed while events take place, which allows them to see places as records of events. But what they see is a kind of dream, and they wake into a reverie, since the real story (the snake, not the hills) happened while they were asleep. — Cesar Aira

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalized. — G.K. Chesterton

Don't argue what you don't believe in. Rule number one, in law and in life. — Lisa Scottoline

They had fallen into that instant, easy friendship which feels as though it had begun before any of your memories and will last until you are so old that the humped veins on the back of your hands show dark blue-purple through your wax-white skin. — Peter Dickinson

Ever since the day you left me, I've been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here. — Al Yankovic

I have watched hundreds of Christians in my time become financially blessed then develop an acquisitive streak that in turn makes their souls as metallic as the coins they seek. — Selwyn Hughes